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SHANKS' NAG

Specialty Definition: SHANKS' NAG

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Shanks' Nag To ride Shanks' nag is to go on foot, the shanks being the legs. A similar phrase is "Going by the marrow-bone stage" or by Walker's `bus. (Anglo-Saxon, scoanca, shanks.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: SHANKS' NAG

Specialty definitions using "SHANKS' NAG": Witham. (references)

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Anagrams: SHANKS' NAG

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "'-a-a-g-h-k-n-n-s-s"

-4 letters: hansas, kashas, sangas, sanghs, shanks.

-5 letters: aghas, angas, ankhs, annas, gnash, hangs, hanks, hansa, kanas, kasha, khans, naans, nanas, sagas, sanga, sangh, shags, shank, skags, snags, snash.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: SHANKS' NAG


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 48 41 4E 4B 53 27      4E 41 47

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01001000 01000001 01001110 01001011 01010011 00100111 00100000 01001110 01000001 01000111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#72 &#65 &#78 &#75 &#83 &#39 &#32 &#78 &#65 &#71

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0048 0041 004E 004B 0053 0027      004E 0041 0047

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

53423548455392483541

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